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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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